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Sheryll Anne Joson 0003 John Raymond Tan 0918 Sheila Marie Baticulon 1149 Jenny Baltazar Velasco 1458 Andrew John Lena 1924 Angeli Umali 2153

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I love lists since they cause debates and discoveries. Below are lists related to anime. I am a recent anime convert. I have been a fan of anime since my childhood but it was  only recently that I have come to appreciate the auteristic approach of anime directors. Foremost among the lists is the list of anime that I find great. Great Anime    The Works of Miyazaki,Takahata and Studio Ghibli

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Thelma Noriel Sheryll Anne Joson My family Andrew John Lena Leslie Policarpio Sheila Marie Baticulon Verlene Dela Cruz Sir Fergus Catarata, Kathlene Anne Bayani,  Rose Ann Torralba, Sir Danilo Jose Maaño (RLDP ITSU) Mary Joy Lapina Shirley De Guzman Lucky Gil Bunao

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I failed to take advantage of the cut price sale of National Bookstore this year. Their sale period was started earlier than last year (last year's sale period was from August to September while it was July to August this year) that when I checked out their main store in Cubao, the sale period was over. Anyway below is a list of books I want to get a hold of in the near future. To the Lighthouse

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 http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words I just read the translated last words of Kon and tears welled up in my eyes. I regret not having sent a message of support to him while he was still alive. I didn't know he had an online presence and I don't exactly remember if I had known of Kon's struggle against the big C before. The first part of his last words painted anime

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Manuel Mercado, MD was just supposed to be the husband of my mother’s aunt. However, my relationship to him did not end with that fact and our lack of consanguinity did not prevent him to touch and affect my life.  He was the attending physician when my mother gave birth to me (he was also for my sister). Hence he was one of the first persons who heard my cry as I raised my voice to let the world

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The results of last Monday’s elections prove two of my points. First,the surveys are credible. Second, the best selection method for the kind of election process our country has is voting for the best among the winnables. The ranking and percentage of the votes each candidate received from the partial tallies show that surveys are credible, contrary to the tail-ender candidates whined about and

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Determining who is poor is subjective if objective tools like poverty threshold are not used. Some governments even came up with unrealistic poverty thresholds just to sugarcoat the statistics of the percentage of the population who are poor (understating poverty). I remember reading an article about a local celebrity who was asked about his notion of poverty or being poor. He recalled that he

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Most Filipinos will not scrutinize the recent Villar forward-then-reverse text scrolling TV ad. However, this TV ad provides the real picture of his presidential campaign.  The forward scrolling part is not only the prevailing perception but also the reality for most Filipinos. The reverse scrolling part not only shows Villar’s optimistic/inspiring view but also the never-dirt-poor Villar’s 

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Will someone make this a virtuous cycle?

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When I first tried the online precinct finder of Comelec, the query result said that my registration details are not to be found in the database. I tried calling Comelec Caloocan 1st District office but either no one was answering the phone or the line was busy. I put off calling that office for several days because the online precinct finder was down for some time. I was hoping that my

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Which presidential candidate whose administration will pave the way for Marcos to comeback to Malacanang in 2016? (Aquino winning and failing to impact change and reforms might also cause for a Marcos comeback.) If Villar wins, will he be ousted like billionaire leaders Thaksin  and Zelaya? Will his administration be like Berlusconi's? Will a Vice Pres. Legarda (or a Vice Pres. Roxas) oust a Pres

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I have posted before that Filipino politicians are usually not labeled like how their foreign counterparts are classified, i.e. whether they are liberal, conservative, moderate, left, center, right, red, blue, green, fascist, feminist, communist, socialist, Islamist, libertarian, nationalist, conservationist, etc. Even the padrino (patron) of the politician cannot sufficiently describe him since

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My life as a trying-hard wannabe cinephile has been  made easy because of sites like Wikipedia, Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, Twitch and tv.com. Basically these sites give me information, reviews and also ratings that help me know and filter things that I want to watch. I only watch movies or shows that can be described as one of the followingit is critically acclaimed or award winning it is a

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I used to want a DLSR for my next camera. But owning a DLSR is such a huge investment in time and money. One must study its science to have better grip of its controls and also one must invest in a variety of lens to capture different scenes perfectly. Anyway, if I will take a brush on photography, which is a bit  of the in thing now with the moneyed people, I would focus on Astrophotography

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PDI features an opinion regarding Villar. It would have been better for our country if Villar just remained a businessman and started hundreds of startups and thousands of community livelihood projects with all the money he spent in his ads. Anyway this is not an ideal world. As the article pointed out ,even Willie Revillame is not that generous (because the money he doles out seems to be from

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I have been meaning to write several things in my blog but Twitter and Facebook has taken me out of my regular blogging habits. I have fewer blog posts for 2009 as compared to the preceding two years. Aside from these microblogging sites, there are also a lot of things that took my time from blogging, I still have my thesis to worry about by the way. Anyway here is a list of things that I failed

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Actually this is a list of pet peeves and things I wish the online community will implement. Video files or other large files should have CRCs included in the filename so that their file integrity can be easily be verified.  All widescreen videos should have DAR of 16:9. All or major download sites should support resumes. Screen caps, pictures etc should have captions/names. It is really

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The idea is embedding camera/optical sensors behind the LCD. I have a Canon Powershot  a640 which has  an LCD swivel. I noticed that whenever we take self pictures (selca as Koreans will call it) we sometimes forget  that we must look towards the lens and not towards the LCD.  So we end up with  pictures wherein most people are looking sidewards. So, I thought that LCDs with camera/optical

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1987 is the year when my favorite East Asian actresses were born.   Chinese - Crystal Liu Yi Fei  劉亦菲  (b. 1987-Aug-25 ) - I first saw her in Return of the Condor Heroes when it aired in GMA 7. She appeared in the Jacky Chan and Jet Li starrer - The Forbidden Kingdom  [image source] Japanese - Nagasawa Masami 長澤まさみ (b. 1987-Jun-03) - I first saw her in Galileo SP. She starred in Crying out Love

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In my previous post I shared my experience with my DSL that is caused by PLDT DNS servers malfunctioning. Well, that problem is seemed solved. However, for the past few months, another problem cropped up. I noticed that I loses my Internet connection around 2 AM to 3 AM. It's either my IP or the link is lost. I reported this to PLDT and the only solution the repairman (who came to our place)

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With the mass defection of trapos (traditional politicians) from the administration coalition parties to the Liberal Party, the Liberal Party looks more of the same old coalition party than a reform/liberal minded party. Former Sen. Serge Osmeña who left the Liberal Party due to its acceptance of the Rectos described the party insiders as a mafia.  Anyway, here’s my take on how the cabinet

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You can download it here. It is not released for Windows 7 but I tried installing it for my Foxcoon 661FX4MR-ES board and it works.

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Erap's run for vindication in 2010 divides the opposition instead of his stated goal of uniting it. Also, how can a 2nd Erap administration pursue cases against its predecessor if Erap himself has been pardoned. We can only expect a quid pro quo pardon and this is maybe the reason why the incumbent pardoned Erap. We should apologize to Erap for using an extra-constitutional mean to remove him

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I used to wonder what the hex numbers in the filenames of videos are for. Although I have guessed that they are CRC numbers of the files, I even asked someone in an IRC channel which hosts an XDCC server since I can’t Google anything about it to confirm it. Anyway, I have found a useful tool for verifying the integrity of downloaded files through the CRCs in the filenames. RapidCRC automagically

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[image source]It is actually called a USB security lock but USB chastity belt is more intriguing (akin to the USB condom idea). I showed the link to a BA friend and he instantly found the weakness - the dongle can still be pried open and after that the flash memory chip inside can still be accessed through the liberated USB pins (this was not the way he said it, I paraphrased it). Anyway, do

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If the election were to be held today and all the politicians who stated their intentions to run for president were the presidential candidates, I might vote abstain for the position of President. There are several politicians that almost won my vote but for some reason or another did not win it after all. They are:Mar Roxas - He joined the bloc that ousted Villar and he aligned himself with

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An Inquirer letter to the editor details another ill-conceived plan by the government. This issue is important for me since my family is among those affected.

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There have been several reports and propaganda about the Islamification of Europe. The latest has been featured in a BBC article since it got 10 million views in Youtube. We must not be scared if such thing will happen (i.e. Europe will be dominated culturally and demographically by Muslims) since civilizations and cultures come and go. Change and evolution are natural in any living system. What

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Since my childhood I had really nice ideas that others (big companies of course) beat me into their realizations/implementations. One of earliest ones I remember is about superheroes. During my early elementary school years, I was very fond of dinosaurs and paleontology. This fondness led me to imagine superheroes that are related to dinosaurs. But after a few months, Power Rangers came. Lately,

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Please read this link. Thanks.

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For GNU/Linux users, this problem can be instantly remedied by chown. My first attack on this problem was to boot Ubuntu and transfer the files I need to a folder. But this solution was tedious and did not really changed the permissions on the child files and folders. I found this support page from Microsoft detailing how to resolve this issue.

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Pres. Corazon C. Aquino was the first president in power I came to know of. Back then I don’t know what a president is, that’s why I asked my mother if Cory is the leader of the police. A policeman was the only person of authority (the big brother figure I guess; kids are usually told that they will be arrested by a policeman whenever they misbehave) I know that time. My mother did not answer

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After enduring the problem with my laptop (i.e. it has no display and cannot continue booting instantly and it takes several tries of turning it on and lots of prayers for it to boot successfully ) for the whole summer and the succeeding two months after it, Murphy’s Law prevailed. It started last Monday. The LCD screen suddenly froze. Sheryll’s laptop (the one that we have brought to Net

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August 1, 2009Happy Birthday Tiffany!

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I have been enduring the sluggish performance of my N73 for more than 2 years (e.g. opening a new SMS messages almost takes half a minute). This sluggish performance is caused by the small RAM the N73 phone has. Also I have been meaning to buy a new phone that has a touchscreen and WiFi and GPS capabilities – features that the N73 doesn’t have. I would like to buy an N97 but its introductory

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Watching the public memorial service for Michael Jackson, I saw how Michael Jackson has touched so many people’s lives - from celebrities, friends, and family members to fans. I have my own share of Michael Jackson’s influence crossing my life. Some of them are below.The first music video I watched that I can still remember was Michael Jackson’s. I think it was Black or White.When my family

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Soreagroup, recently made a cover of SNSD popular and current single, Tell Me Your Wish (Genie). I was really amazed by their rendition being a fan of both contemporary and historical cultures of Korea. I hope that KONTRA-GAPI, a local group that also uses traditional musical instruments, will also do some covers of current OPM songs to popularize our own traditional musical instruments. Below is

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[image source]I have been searching for reviews about Gunjou (Cobalt Blue) which stars my favorite Nagasawa Masami since the film was started to be shown on the 27th of June in Japan. However there are no reviews in the web. I am looking for reviews for this film becuase I want to know if the marketing promotions about the film is true - that Masami will have her first actual love scene. Masami

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I am referring to the K-Pop group, SNSD (So Nyeo Shi Dae or Girl's Generation). I started with K-pop as a Wonder Girls fanboy which caused me not to like SNSD. In my eyes then, SNSD was a rival of the Wonder Girls. Also, I laugh at the idea of a girl group having nine members since having too many members will lessen the singing time of each member. I initially thought that with too many a member

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(The title is inspired from The Vapors song. For this post, the phrase means liking Japanese stuff and not the innuendo people associated with that phrase.)I am a bit late too. A couple or more of my closest friends in high school know Nihongo (well one of them is quarter or half Okinawan). Some of my batchmates in college are now working in Japan. Anyway, I won’t talk about how I started to like

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Last weekend, She can't get to surf the web. Her browser always has the Address Not Found Error. She tried reporting this to PLDT but there's no one answering at the supposed to be 24/7 PLDT Customer Service Call Center. I even tried reporting her case but I also cannot get through an agent. When she finally got through, the agent told her that there's no problem in PLDT's network. Yesterday,

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June 3, 2009Happy Birthday Nagasawa Masami!June 11, 2009Happy Birthday Aragaki Yui!

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Brillante "Dante" Mendoza won the Best Director Award (Prix de la mise en scène) at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Kinatay. He is the first Filipino to win the award. In winning the award, he has bested several known international filmmakers. Last year, his film Serbis was the first Filipino film to compete in the Cannes Film Festival since 1984. It has been several hours since the

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Last night I was feeling too lazy to study for today’s exam. Later last night, I got nervous since I haven’t memorized a thing and I have only a few hours left for scanning/reading the slides. I woke up around 5 AM this morning to have some rounds of memorization. I was feeling guilty because I didn’t study or even read the slides last week. Before taking the test, Sheryll and I made some last

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I can’t understand why politicians need to criticize every racial slur against Filipinos or praise every award or achievement of any person with Filipino blood to show their nationalism and patriotism. Are there no other important issues to tackle or to spearhead the solution? Do these behaviors show that we have a false sense of nationalism? I hope that this energy our leaders have in

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Taxing imported books. Imported books used to be tax free. However, a new order from the BIR now enforces a 1 or 5 percent tax on imported books depending on their type. Needless to say, this tax increases the prices of books. I have sometimes witnessed how poor the English skills of some college graduates. In a society that only a few have the opportunity and the interest in reading books,

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Since Martin Nievera will be the first male singer to sing the national anthem for a Pacquiao fight (or maybe the first male singer to sing it since someone), I felt that something will turn out not right days before the fight. I even thought that Martin Nievera might be blamed if Pacquiao were to lose the fight. But Pacquiao didn’t lose. However, Martin Nievera is hounded by a controversy for

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My group crammed for our business plan.A neighborhood drunkard, who usually spends his day loitering around a store, shouted kala mo kung sino, mayabang (Who does he think he is , arrogant) while I was walking at the other side of the street. We planned to get Sheryll’s laptop from Net Essentials, the official service center of MSI here in the Philippines. We planned to pick up the laptop even

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PremisesThere is a current buzz going around blogs about a student posting about his brutal killing of a cat. [a source blog, another one here]I was on the verge of finishing Murakami Haruki’s Kafka on the Shore. The novel uses plenty of dreamlike fantasy elements. One of these is its version of a cat killer. The cat killer gives a final blow to his innocent victims by decapitating their heads.

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The LCD of my laptop suddenly cannot power on last Sunday. I initially thought that maybe there was something wrong with the LCD- a power or a connection problem. Even though I tested the VGA out of my laptop on a CRT and nothing displayed, I still hoped that the problem was just a cable/connection problem in LCD. I asked the great RJ Miguel to help me pry open the panel covering the LCD and

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I am not one of them. Even though I exerted all my effort, time and energy in finishing my MS program on time, fate has found them wanting. Anyway, I found consolation with a comment from a graduate who rode the same Ikot jeep as I have yesterday. She said that the flowers will be blooming late (which I also noticed). She opined that maybe they were planted late. In my head, I just said that

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Sometimes, I can't understand why things suddenly break down or go wrong whenever I am starting to accelerate on what I am doing and getting motivated to finish them. Sometimes, I feel that the universe conspires to impede my progress on my thesis if not totally stop me from finishing it. Why did my laptop break down during this jampacked summer? Why am I enrolled in a very time and effort

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ABS-CBN 2 and GMA 7 have been fighting the ratings games since the 90s. Pep.ph has a good backgrounder on the networks war. I just noticed that aside from pirating executives and artists, discovering the next It things and getting them on board and signed and getting the latest scoops or exclusive coverages, the networks war has found another arena to fight out on, i.e. being the first to get

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Prof. Dejan Markovic of UCLA visited our institute (Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, UP Diliman) to give a couple of talks about his group’s research. His first talk is entitled Area-and-Power-Minimized DSP Architecture Design. This talk was given on an IML symposium named System-on-Chip Design Issues and Challenges. His second talk was a series of presentations about his group

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I am a bit stuck on using Windows XP for my thesis for a variety of reasons. Since I took a numerical programming class last semester, I needed C-literate text editor for Windows. I needed a text editor that can do syntax highlighting and code folding. I have tried 1 or 2 free text editors before stumbling upon Notepad++. Aside from C, Notepad++ is also literate in 43 more languages.

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When will sex and/or gender become irrelevant?When will race, ethnicity and caste become irrelevant? Will there come a time when all humans are multiracial and it is hard to distinguish race?When will physicist discover the theory of everything?In the next century, will humans adhere more to logic in decision making? Will the trend toward liberalism and relativism continue or will conservatism

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I have the bad trait of having loyalty for particular brands. I never had a non-Nokia cellphone, nor a non-Nike pair of shoes for years, nor a non-Intel machine (except for my dirt cheap laptop). Since I am close to being tired of using my almost 2 year old camera, I am planning to save money for a tough point and shoot replacement. However, only Olympus and Pentax used to have tough camera

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Aside from the handy speedtest.net, M-Lab (Measurement Lab) offers measurement tools for internet connections. One of M-lab’s tools is Glasnost which tests if the user’s ISP is limiting or manipulating BitTorrent traffic. Glasnost can discover if the ISP is doing an application specific traffic shaping on BitTorrent transfers by comparing TCP traffic and BitTorrent traffic on standard and

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While waiting for hours for my 1 second behavioral simulation (which has been running for hours) to finish, I watched some YouTube videos to kill some time and I ended up watching Carrie Underwood’s run at the fourth season of American Idol. I suddenly remembered that Carrie is the first contestant I betted to win that actually won the competition. For the following two seasons of AI, my bets

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then the first lines of Circus would be written as...There's only 10 types of people in the world the ones that entertain and the ones that observe.

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One of the bad traits we Filipinos have is that we tend to believe more on the findings of foreigners than of local experts. However, I find it odd that some politicians find the recent World Bank graft and collusion report unfair. Maybe they also belong to the same group of politicians that find the corruption ranking of our country by foreign groups as incorrect.

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For us cheapskates (or maybe practical buyers), a Cd-r King branch is a mecca of cheap, made-in-China, tech stuff. Since they sell a very wide range of products, we even talked about when will Cd-r King sell laptops. Lately, they have released a very cheap LCD projector. This made Sheila joke that she will buy a car if they will include cars in their product lines. Now, they are selling digital

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Rafael Nadal has just won his first hard court Grand Slam at the Australian Open. With this win, he now has won Grand Slams on the different surfaces. If the natural order that Roger Feder retires earlier than Nadal happens, then there's no stopping Rafa to win a Calendar Year Grand Slam. But anyway, I am still hoping that Federer will have a "miracle" comeback at Rolad Garros and finally win

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My favorite line by Miriam Defensor-Santiago so far is...I only respond to people who are high on the food chain.

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Since there is only a little over a year left before the 2010 elections (if there will be one), political ads of presidentiables have been airing on major local TV stations. Among the moneyed presidentiables, Manny Villar seems to lead in terms of airtime of political ads. I just noticed in the closing part of his “Itik” TVC that his shirt is not soiled which should have been because he wiped his

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Last year, I predicted that there is an impending LPG price hike because of the increased demand brought about by the promotion of the government for the LPG conversion of petrol vehicles. For several weeks since the latter part of 2008, there have been rounds of hikes on the prices of LPG brought about by the scarcity of supply. Even though public perception sees hoarding as the cause of the

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For the majority of the trip, I was internally complaining about the lack of the usual amenities highly urbanized areas offer like paved highways and roads and round-the-clock availability of potable water and electricity. However, I realized that the lack of these amenities in the Palawan towns I visited provides a barrier against ruthless development of these scenic areas and thus helps in

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I saw in the YM status message of Ralph that Masci's JS prom was cancelled by the mayor. He told me that the tabloid Pilipino Star Ngayon has an article about this cancellation and that students also has confirmed this news. The article can be found here.I remember that there was an incident during our junior year that almost made our prom canceled. This involved fliers being sent to the

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One of the things that I cannot stand is betrayal. The form of betrayal I hate most is the betrayal of confidence. What makes me feel very bad today is that the person who betrayed me should be one of the people who are least expected to divulge anything I entrusted or instructed not to say to others.

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I was so lucky for the last two days but during the crucial moment my luck suddenly ran out last night. I don’t know whether the blame for my sudden elimination last night is on my not taking ROTC for my NSTP course during my undergrad or my mishearing the word nababawas (being shaved) for tinatamaan (being shined upon) due to noise, excitement and nervousness. Anyway, I just got my vocabulary

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…is a year that had given me more downs than ups. The drops were steep and the lifts were just enough to prop myself to level ground. However, last year’s challenges had provided me opportunities to burst the bubble of my misconceptions and illusions, crack the shell of my idealism, clear the haze of my dreams that I have been pursuing and sieve my priorities (as they should be) from my

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1. Last week, the taxi driver of the cab I rode forced me into a conversation and we talked about the inconveniences (e.g. Buses cannot unload passengers at the MRT North Avenue station) brought about by the policies and rules of the MMDA. For militant and progressive groups and those affected by sidewalk and squatter area clearing operations, these policies and rules are anti-poor. For us

Allan Estrellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148596564295078209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086576.post-3515516284980571382008-12-10T23:53:00.003+08:002008-12-11T01:34:53.347+08:00

The YouTube video below was featured in a local news program today. All I can say is touche.On ChaCha. The current instability of the Thai's political system might happen in the Philippines if the form of government is changed to a parliamentary system. This scenario is certainly will happen if the remark of a former speaker is true, i.e., the country's solons are for sale.

Allan Estrellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148596564295078209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086576.post-54499477455257309042008-12-07T23:59:00.002+08:002008-12-08T00:16:50.981+08:00

From time to time, we hear news of young people suddenly dying due to bangungot. However, I was shocked by the news that another young local celebrity died during his sleep. Does our generation suffer from too much stress? Is quarter life crisis too hard to bear?

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A few days ago, a BBC article described Mumbai as the city of foreign dreams. Now, BBC articles are reporting the updates about the Mumbai terrorist attacks.After the fourth impeachment case against Mrs. Arroyo was junked by her House allies, two Catholic bishops has called on the nation to launch protests similar to what the Thais are currently doing against their government. However, it seems

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I am happy that my prediction back when Obama has just won his Senate seat came true. So, America voted for change. The remaining question now is is America and the world ready for change?

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I found a dead link at google.com. The link for the Advertising Programs returned a 404 error.

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I have been heavily dependent on my home DSL connection. My DSL connection has become like the water and electricity utilities, i.e., any disruption inhibits my normal daily functioning. Last Wednesday, my PLDT DSL connection was broken again. My DSL modem can’t establish a connection. I reported the problem immediately to the DSL helpdesk. I followed up my report every 6 hours. I noticed that

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Several years ago, I will not only think twice nor thrice but a dozen times before asking a superior to bend a rule in favor of me even if I have very justifiable and reasonable purposes and the rules are not set by an institution but a prerogative of the superior. I have witness superiors bending their own rules in favor of their pets or inferiors who request for it. Inevitably, I got to learn

Allan Estrellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148596564295078209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086576.post-8120315779978426312008-10-20T00:51:00.007+08:002008-10-22T15:14:56.152+08:00

Inspired by this comic strip from PhD Comics, I plotted the continuous devaluation of my ambition in life.

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[source]... of a famous graduate from my university batch. The student in the comic strip even resembles how she looks.

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Always pre-soak food pellets for 5 minutes before feeding them to the fish. Pre-soaking allows trapped air inside the pellets to escape, makes the pellets more digestible and lessens the possibility of swim bladder problems.The Venturi effect is used by most water pumps to provide air bubbles in its water output. I had a hard time making the Venturi effect work in my water pump since water

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Two interesting email that have something to do with UP popped out of my mailbox yesterday. The first email is about Ateneo de Manila's outranking of UP in the THE-QS Rankings. Even though UP has not participated in the past surveys of the THE-QS Rankings (as stated here), UP is ranked by THE-QS in the top 400 schools last year and in the top 300 schools this year. Although there are criticisms

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Finally, the official website of the Manila Science High School is now up. You can visit it at http://manilascience.edu.ph. All alumnis are invited to register an account in the website. This website is maintained by '04 alum, Kath Molera.

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1. A Black Ranchu[image source]2. Hamanishiki (also called as crown pearlscale)[image source]

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I had another bad experience at the Games and Gadgets store (gamesandgadgets or www.gamesandgadgets.ph)in the Cyberzone of SM North Edsa two weeks ago. My prior bad experience in this store involves my purchasing of their exorbitantly priced mobile phone accessories and learning that these items are sold at much lower prices in other stores. However, my recent bad experience involves the rudeness

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I love using VLC media player since it seems to follow Python's "batteries included" philosophy. Like Python that has awesome functions in its standard library, VLC can play a wide range multimedia files with its built-in codecs. Also VLC can play multimedia files that are currently being downloaded. This feature is useful for previewing and checking the quality of the multimedia file. Another

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To those who electronically greeted me, thanks.12:07a She (SMS)12:51a Lawrence de Vega (YM)12:29a Anj Umali (YM), I also got to know that she works at Renaissance, the venue of the ERDT conference last week. Unfortunately, we did not happen to bump to each other that time.1:19a Norman Edward Valdez (YM) 1:31a (Friendster) 6:38p (Multiply)1:22a and 7:57a UP Circuit Moderator (Friendster)3:32a

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I emailed the customer support of APC regarding the plug of my APC Back-UPS I bought last year. A few months ago, the area near one of the prongs of the plug melted due to a short circuit in the extension cord where the plug is attached. Although the unit is working perfectly, I contacted APC to ask if the plug is user-replaceable. I wanted to replace the plug so that it will not cause any

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I have been one of the free loaders that have become tired of the restrictions and limits of the free services of RapidShare and Megaupload. Fortunately, there's MediaFire. I got to know MediaFire a few weeks ago when I need to share an ebook for Sheryll. I was looking for an alternative file hosting service since I got tired of the restrictions of the two other file hosting services. I just used

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I just saw in Mikko's blog that there is an alternative rendition of UP Naming Mahal by Noel Cabangon, Cooky Chua and other artists used in a play. I downloaded the MP3 file from a link given in a PinoyExchange thread and embedded the MP3 in this post. In my humble opinion, this rendition is more attuned to the current times and more nationalistic. However, I don't agree with the lyricist in

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Dear Allan IV,Please send your great-grandfather a Doraemon. I need it so badly.Love,Allan I

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In every Olympic Games, world records are broken by athletes. I was thinking if there is a physical limit on what humans can do. If there exists such limit, then world record breaking will just be a matter of having more precise measuring and timing technology employed at the Games.Humans may not fully understand systems that they cannot completely perceive or experience. For example, we may

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I saw this website which features projects using the infrared camera of the Wii Remote. Johnny has also other projects here.

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Peter Valdes, the Filipino and UP IE graduate co-founder of Tivoli Systems and Vinta Systems, passed away last Thursday morning. Tivoli Systems, one of the successful startups in the US, was sold by Valdes and his partners to IBM for 743M USD in 1996. He then co-founded Vinta Systems here in the Philippines in 1998.Peter Valdes created the Peter Valdes Grant in Engineering in UP Diliman. I was

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Since the elevator of the Engineering building was on yesterday, She and I stepped on to it to go down from the 3rd to the ground floor on our way to the cafeteria. We did not notice that LCD indicated that the elevator was going up. So we were surprised to end up on the fifth floor. So, we went inside the lift again and pressed G for ground floor. While the elevator was going down, we were

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Our DSL connection got prone to disconnection these past few weeks. It disconnects usually during nighttime and when it is raining. I have reported this condition to PLDT last week. The following day, the repairman called me but he failed to come on our agreed time. I needed to go to school that day so I left our house that afternoon. Yesterday, our DSL connection was disconnected for several

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